Several laws and regulations at national and local levels that deal with issues including domestic violence and immovable properties will take effect from March 1, 2016.

March 2,2016

Officials from nine ministries explained the newly-released guideline on green burials on February 29, 2016.

The introduction of green burials is necessary for China’s development. After 60 years of funeral reform to save land resources and protect the environment, more efforts are still needed.

March 2,2016

China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) released its first white paper on judicial reforms of China’s courts on Tuesday.

March 3,2016

China's top political advisory body convened its annual meeting Thursday in Beijing, kicking off a political high season that will continue with the opening of the country's top legislature later this week.

More than 2,000 members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are slated to discuss major political, economic and social issues in the world's most populous nation and second-largest economy during this year's session that will run till March 14.

At the opening meeting held in the Great Hall of the People, CPPCC National Committee Chairman Yu Zhengsheng will deliver a report on the work of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee over the past year.

The 12th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, opened its fourth session on Saturday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report at the opening meeting, chaired by Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and executive chairperson of the session's presidium.

Nearly 3,000 NPC deputies attended the opening meeting along with top Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli.

March 5, 2016

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a government work report during the opening meeting of the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2016.

March 7,2016

China's population policy adjustment from the one-child policy to the two-child policy is both timely and proper, Fu Ying, spokesperson for the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress, said at a press conference on March 4, 2016.

The one-child policy, which was adopted over 30 years ago and has helped curb explosive population growth, has played a historic role in China, Fu said.

March 7,2016

China will intensify its efforts to reduce pollution, Premier Li Keqiang said in his annual Government Work Report on Saturday, citing as an example ambitious targets in fighting smog that will increase the number of days with good air quality.

March 8,2016

China’s current employment model does harm to workers’ interests and reduces job opportunities, China’s Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said at a National People's Congress press conference on Monday.

Lou said the model was established based on standard labor time according to China’s Labor Contract Law, which actually offered more protection for elder employees rather than the new.

March 8,2016

President Xi Jinping on Monday called for deeper reform to revitalize China's northeastern industrial base.

Xi urged lawmakers from Heilongjiang to pursue innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development when participating in deliberations on the government work report at the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC).

March 9, 2016

A senior official responsible for public health and population on Tuesday expected China to have 30 million more in work force by 2050 due to the policy shift which allows the second child into nationwide households.

March 9, 2016

Chinese top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Wednesday lauded enhanced legislation on the country's national security in the past year.

Notable achievements in the field include the National Security Law, adopted by lawmakers after three deliberations, and the Anti-Terrorism Law, passed in December 2015, Zhang said when delivering a work report on the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.

March 9, 2016

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for supply-side structural reform, agricultural modernization and grain security.

Xi joined a group of deputies to the National People's Congress from Hunan Province, listening to their opinions on innovation-driven development, international productivity cooperation, poverty alleviation, supply-side structural reform and environmental protection.

March 10,2016

Chinese top legislator Zhang Dejiang on Wednesday lauded enhanced legislation on the country's national security in the past year.

March 10,2016

A draft of China's first bill regulating charities was submitted to the national legislature on Wednesday, with lawmakers hoping it can give donors confidence to help the country meet its poverty alleviation targets.

March 11,2016

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for greater environmental protection, poverty relief and development in the country's ethnic regions Thursday.

March 11,2016

Chinese diplomat Fu Cong stressed here on Thursday the need to depoliticize the human rights forum so as to safeguard the Human Rights Council's (HRC) integrity.

"We must maintain the credibility and authority of the international human rights mechanism and reverse the current trend to politicize human rights," he said following the release of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein's annual report.

March 14,2016

The state-run China Central Television on Sunday aired a documentary that reveals the United States' double standards on human rights-related issues, whereby the U.S. pokes its nose into other countries' internal affairs while leaving many of its own problems unsolved.

March 14,2016

A more efficient and fairer justice system has improved human rights protection in China with many wrongful convictions corrected, court proceeding streamlined and lawyers' rights better protected.

March 14,2016

China's judicial authorities said Sunday the country had maintained "high pressure" on corruption to press on with an anti-graft drive lasting more than three years.

March 14,2016

China's judicial system on Sunday pledged a firm offensive against threats of state security, including terrorism, secessionism and religious extremism.

March 15,2016

Altogether 5,375 proposals have been submitted to the annual session of China's top political advisory body this year, according to a report released Monday.

March 15,2016

China's judicial authorities said Sunday that the country will continue to maintain "high pressure" on corruption as authorities press on with a sweeping anti-graft drive.

March 15,2016

The 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, began the closing meeting of its annual session on Monday.

March 15,2016

Human rights experts on Monday urged the United States to improve its own human rights record and stop using human rights as a foreign policy tool.

March 16,2016

China's national lawmakers on Wednesday approved the charity law with 2,636 affirmative votes, 92.49 percent of the total.

March 16,2016

China usually marks World Consumer Rights Day on March 15 with a string of media exposures, police crackdowns and bonfires of fake goods.

This year, the spotlight is on persistent counterfeiting that dampens the country's raging online shopping fever.

March 16,2016

The Chinese government is capable of guaranteeing payment of benefits for pensioners, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday while meeting the press following the conclusion of the annual legislative session.

Li said provincial governments, under the current scheme, have both liability and ability to ensure the pensions payment after raising funds through multiple channels.

March 16,2016

Chinese diplomat Fu Cong urged certain Western countries on Tuesday to refrain from politicising the Human Rights Council (HRC) while warning that the forum risks facing the shortcomings experienced by the Commission for Human Rights which preceded it.

Fu made the remarks at the General Debate under Agenda Item 4 during the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council which ends on March 24.

March 17,2016

China will balance reform and development well and avoid massive layoffs while cutting overcapacity, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday.

In the past three years, Tibet has built 80 service centers for the elderly and 10 orphanages, providing care services for a total of 11,633 people enjoying five guarantees and 5,652 orphans.

The “five guarantees” refer to guarantees on proper food, clothing, housing, medical care and funeral expenses for the poor.

March 18,2016

With the aim to further improve women’s welfare and rights, China has amended laws and regulations to accelerate gender equality and the overall development of women in the country.

March 18,2016

Virgin Atlantic said today it was investigating an alleged incident on a recent flight from London to Shanghai when a Chinese woman said she was abused by a fellow passenger.

The airline said the company will not "comment further until we have resolved the issue with our customer directly."

March 21,2016

The full text of the Report on the Work of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which was delivered by Chairman Zhang Dejiang of the NPC Standing Committee on March 9, 2016 for review at the Fourth Session of the 12th NPC and adopted on March 16, 2016

March 21,2016

The full text of the Report on the Implementation of the 2015 Plan for National Economic and Social Development and on the 2016 Draft Plan for National Economic and Social Development, which was submitted on March 5, 2016 for review at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People's Congress and was adopted on March 16.

March 22,2016

A circular calling for a crackdown on the illegal trade in vaccines was issued by China's top drug regulator, health authorities and police yesterday.

The food and drug administration in east China's Shandong Province last week revealed that "problematic vaccines" worth more than 570 million yuan ($88 million) had been sold illegally to 18 provincial regions since 2011.

March 22,2016

A Chinese human rights delegation led by Yang Guang, director of the Human Rights Research and Education Center of Dongbei University of Finance & Economics (DUFE) visited Sweden, Denmark and Holland from February 16 to 25.

March 22,2016

The full text of the report on the execution of the central and local budgets for 2015 and on the central and local draft budgets for 2016, which was submitted for review on March 5 at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People's Congress and was adopted on March 16,2016.

March 23,2016

China’s first anti-domestic violence law, which took effect on March 1, 2016, marks a significant milestone in protecting human rights.

March 24,2016

A 24-year-old Chinese-American woman, Li Lin, admitted to drowning her 2-year-old daughter in the bathtub after New York City police received the toddler’s autopsy report. The mother faces life in prison for charges of murder, manslaughter and acting in a manner injurious to a child.

March 25,2016

The Chinese government will provide free adult education for 1.5 million migrant workers in the next five years to improve literacy and work skills, the Ministry of Education said Thursday.

March 25,2016

Beijing authorities announced on Thursday that couples in the capital will enjoy longer maternity and paternity leave.

The move comes after a change in the country's family planning policy last year allowing couples to have a second child.

According to the city's new population and family planning regulation, mothers in Beijing are entitled to at least 128 days of maternity leave after having their first or second child, 30 days longer than the previous allowance. Maternity leave may be extended to a maximum of seven months, if the organization they work for allows it.

Fathers are entitled to a 15-day paternity leave, the regulation said.

March 28,2016

On March 28, 1959, about 1 million Tibetans broke the chains of serfdom in a historic democratic reform. Fifty-seven years on, the autonomous region once beset by inequality and oppression has witnessed encouragingly fast economic growth and better-than-ever standards of living.

March 29,2016

China has reassured the public that it will not establish industrial-scale genetically modified (GM) grain farms in the short term, amid citizens' dissenting opinions on GM food.

March 30,2016

China will carry out a nationwide census on rural left-behind children, those whose parents work away from home, to ensure proper arrangements for their lives and education.

The census kicked off Tuesday and will last until the end of July. It will collect information on the number and distribution of these kids, where they live, family structure and education, according to a statement issued at a press conference by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) on Tuesday.

Li said the civil affairs departments at all levels should specify the “extreme poverty ”standards and take targeted measures to offer assistance. In addition, the assistance service centers in rural areas will be improved.

March 31,2016

China-Australia seminar on the treatment of women inmates was held in Changsha of China’s Hunan province on Wednesday.

March 31,2016

Hung Hsiu-chu, Taiwan's former deputy legislative speaker, took office as chair of the Kuomintang (KMT) on Wednesday and underscored cross-Strait peace in her inaugural speech.

March 31,2016

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here on Wednesday for the fourth Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in a sign of his country's firm commitment and constructive approach to safeguarding radioactive materials around the world.